Lately I've been looking at PAM, and I wish that unix
programs would log error CODES not text. Writing stuff to
parse out textual messages meant for human consumption is a
pain in the ass. We need error codes, arguements, and THEN
a textual message. Otherwise, PAM is cool. I had my box
authenticating against a Windows 2000 domain controller at
school just for fun, and I'm working on implementing more
pain in the ass causing security policies with it :)

I was also looking at pptp. So far, most explanations havnt
been too clear. My current understanding of it thus far,
is that you make a tcp connection to a pptp server, and
then encapsulate your packets in ppp, then gre, and then
stick them into the tcp connection. For example, say you
have a tcp segment, in an ip datagram, and want to send it
out over the pptp tunnel; it'd look like this:

(ip (tcp (gre (ppp (ip (tcp (data)))))))

Correct me if I'm wrong, please. :)

On a more unrelated note... I was listening to the 'sunday
night jazz show' which was on the local university radio
station last week, and called in and won a cd, and was
entered into a contest to win tickets to see Holly Cole in
my home city, Stratford. And hey, I won! I don't think that
I've ever won a contest before. And, infact, I won more
than just tickets, I got a bunch of CDs of hers, and I get
to meet her; and that's weird because I'm not really even a
fan. hehe. I mean, I like her, but, not THAT much :) I'll
probably just say hi, and that I don't have anything to
say :)